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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1361
To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of pulsating light
systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mr. W
EBSTERof Florida (for himself, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Mr.
G
OODEN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. STAUBER,
Mr. E
DWARDS, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. BACON, Mr. DUNNof Florida, and Mr.
M
ANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation
of pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collision Avoidance 4
Systems Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REAR-END COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS. 1
(a) C
LARIFICATION ON PULSATINGLIGHTSYS-2
TEMS.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 3
Standard 108 shall be deemed to allow for the use of pul-4
sating light system on vehicles covered by such Standard. 5
(b) R
ULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 6
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-7
tation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to up-8
date Standard 108 to— 9
(1) include performance-based standards for 10
pulsating light systems; and 11
(2) allow for the use on motor vehicles of such 12
systems. 13
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
(1) P
ULSATING LIGHT SYSTEM .—The term 15
‘‘pulsating light system’’ means a system for a high- 16
mounted stop lamp in which— 17
(A) when the brake of the vehicle is ap-18
plied, the lamp pulses rapidly no more than 4 19
times and for no more than 1.2 seconds, after 20
which such lamp converts to a continuous light 21
as a normal stop lamp until the time such 22
brake is released; and 23
(B) the pulses described in subparagraph 24
(A) may not repeat upon a subsequent applica-25
tion of the brake of the vehicle for a lock-out 26
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period of at least 5 seconds after the release of 1
the brake described in subparagraph (A). 2
(2) S
TANDARD 108.—The term ‘‘Standard 108’’ 3
means Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Num-4
ber 108, contained in section 571.108 of title 49, 5
Code of Federal Regulations. 6
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